Monochrome

Monochrome: describes paintings, drawings, design, or photographs in one color or shades of one color

My life is full of color.  we have three beautiful daughters who are very colorful.  My husband is very colorful, and even our truck is very colorful (see here: http://www.dunesstreetphotography.com/2011/05/so-what-did-you-do-on-your-sunday.html) 

Well today i needed the girls and I to get out of the house. its saturday and we were all going a little crazy just sitting inside.  at first, the two oldest did NOT want to go on a little bike ride around town.  however, I overruled them.  I needed to get out, and i needed to get out with my camera with my Marco lens.  I have a passion for taking pictures of God's creation, especially in nature, and especially plants and flowers.  so we set off, with the two oldest complaining.  well with in about 5 minutes, everyone was stoked to be outside! even our youngest was content.

I usually take photos in color.  i love color.  but i have a dear friend that does amazing photography and a lot of time she doesn it in monocrhome. (see definition above)  here is her link, you should really look at it!

http://www.simplemamasshutter.com/

well i decided to set my camera up for monochrome photos and take photos. WOW!! i loved what i was seeing! i still took a bunch in color.  but the next few posts will have some of the photos i took this morning, in different shades and colors.

mystery plant... again

i saw this plant about a year ago on a hike and took photos of it,  got a few more yesterday at the apple farm.   anyone know what it is?

photos from our garden...whats in yours?

cosmos 

lots of these

some of these

collection from the girls

these were annabellas cake toppers 

succulents 

even more of these

white sage

my first green peppers!

zucchini flower

a little bit of lettuce

this guy

more cosmos

and this guy...

and one more photo of our daughter with a very large veggie...

new photos by Dunes Street

I was able to actually spend an hour in a beautiful garden taking pictures of flowers while getting paid! thanks to Coastal Landscapes for making this beautiful garden so that the homeowner could enjoy and that i could take photos of!

our first veggies in the garden for this year!

Last year I was blessed with two of my friends coming and planting our garden for us.  it motivated me enough to actually take care of it! this year i tried on my own, and this past weekend we got our first zucchini! the romaine lettuce is growing like crazy too.  i will have to take some photos of the flowers and succulents soon too

few more macro shots

more local flowers

a local hike and an interesting plant